Tip #7

Remember when you are hunting a house site or old revival grounds, to check the bushes and tall grass around the edges of the area. The growth that is currently there was not there a long time ago. This could give you an added edge over other treasure hunters that have come before you. If you are willing to do a little “brush beating”, you might get great rewards!

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Tip #6

It’s a good idea to buy some headphones before hunting in a public park or place of meeting. Many metal detectors have headphone jacks. This allows you to keep your detector's signals to yourself. This may save you lots of trouble if people get nosey about what you’re doing!

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Tip #5

When you want permission to hunt on someone’s property, always remember to be nice to the land owner, even if they don’t allow you to hunt on their land. This is just common courtesy. Keep your head, and they might even allow you to hunt some other time!

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Tip #4

It is a good idea to take any junk pieces that you dig up and throw them in a trash can, instead of putting them back where you found them. You will make a cleaner treasure hunting environment, and you will be doing a service to the community!

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Tip #3

When you dig for a target you have located, it’s a good idea to lay a small ground cloth on the edge of your hole. This way you can pile the dirt on it and then cleanly refill the hole when you are through digging (this is especially helpful when you are digging in a lawn or park, this way you won’t wear out your welcome!). Check out my site for more ideas about metal detecting!

Tip #2

When you locate a target with your metal detector, try to “pinpoint” it before digging. To pinpoint a target, sweep your search coil over the target in one direction, then sweep perpendicular to the first line to form an imaginary “X” directly over the target. This will help you to dig more accurately.

Tip #1

When you are out on the “treasure field” sweeping your metal detector back and forth, remember this tip: Keep your detector’s search coil parallel to the ground for the full length of your swing. If you swing it suddenly further from the ground at the end of your swing, it could create a false signal.

Three Reasons Why You Should Try It Out!

Are you looking for a new hobby that allows you to get outdoors and move around, something that is rewarding and challenging? Try relic metal detecting!

Why metal detecting? Here are three reasons…

• Metal detecting gets you outdoors in the fresh air moving around and exercising. This is one of the great benefits to metal detecting as a hobby, it provides a source of exercise that you can fit to your own needs. If you rather an easy strolling exercise pace, go to a local park and leisurely search around park benches, under trees, and around playground equipment. If you want an adventure to challenge your fitness and strength, a hiking/treasure hunting trip to old gold mining towns in the western mountains will surely live up to your expectations, and then some! You say, “why not just stroll or hike?” That leads to the second reason…

• You get the benefit of exercise, and the possibility of finding valuable relics. Not only is this hobby a great source of exercise, it is also a chance to find some really neat stuff, and it doesn’t have to be coins. If you are relic metal detecting your finds can include all sorts of things other than coins… An old wagon wheel hub, eating utensils, a pot (the ones that are filled with coins are great!), knife blades, plow tips, axe heads, and old steel traps…

• Metal detecting is also a fairly inexpensive hobby to get into. A quality starter metal detector today will cost you around two-hundred dollars as a ball-park sum, although quality machines can be bought for less than this.

So now you know three reasons why you should consider picking up relic metal detecting as your new hobby. You get exercise; find treasure, and all at an inexpensive start-up cost! Give it a try sometime, there’s a good chance that you’ll be hooked!

Finding Good Places For Relic Metal Detecting!

We all need good places for metal detecting, don’t we? If you don’t have one, it ends up looking something like this. You swing your metal detector back and forth… back and forth… nothing?! This place looked so good! You went through a lot of trouble to buy your metal detector, get your equipment ready, and drive to your “honey hole”… and nothing.

This scenario is definitely a common one in both relic metal detecting and coin shooting… but, how do you find a good place to hunt for treasure? Here are three tips that will help you to find a perfect spot.

· Do some history study. History?! Well, that’s what you’re dealing with when you treasure hunt, right? So, you’d better start liking history! The best place to start in your history research is your local library. Libraries are great resources because of the local genealogies and area information that is kept there. Another place to look for clues is the county courthouse archives, which could provide even more in-depth information.

· Another way to get info is to talk to local people that have been in the area for a while. Be polite. And ask about the history of the area. You should tell them that you are looking for good places to metal detect. They might have some good information for you. Remember to thank them whether they helped or not!

· It is a good idea to drive to areas where you found some info about, and see what it looks like. Imagine your surprise and dismay when you drive up to a fence and locked gate guarded by a No Trespassing sign. If you scout first you can then make an intelligent plan about how to get permission to hunt there. The first step to getting permission is to find out who owns the land that your “spot” is on. It may seem obvious, or it may not. You can go up to a house that is near the land, and ask who owns it. Or you can go to the county courthouse and check the land surveys (you could do this before-hand). Next, you really need to call or write the owner, don’t go to their home. Showing up at someone’s house could intimidate them; you want to give them plenty of room!

So, there are three tips that will help you to find good places for metal detecting. Whether you are hunting for a pot of gold, shooting for coins, or relic metal detecting, I hope you enjoy your hunt!